dufjax Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Looks like we picked the wrong trade. Electricians earn £156,000 a year....... Well according to the Daily Fail Mail... So it must be fact!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4874400/Electricians-earning-156-000-year.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Not even going to increase their clickage, if the DM said good morning I'd look outside to check, shitrag. 2 Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 4 hours ago, dufjax said: Looks like we picked the wrong trade. Electricians earn £156,000 a year....... Well according to the Daily Fail Mail... So it must be fact!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4874400/Electricians-earning-156-000-year.html I saw an alarm engineer vacancy at £80k a while back, but I would guess a pound of flesh would be the requirement for the wage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 It's all about the hourly rate, anyone can earn 80k (if the works there) but they still may be on a 'meh' hourly rate. 1 Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 my mates son was earning that as a spark,he was in afgan tho ,lived on site no alcohol no internet and you risked your life every day,worth the risk? not for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Agreed, remember those network engineers gunned down in Checynya a few years back, and that was after the main conflict had so say ended. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 theres money to be made if you take the risk,old man worked in war zones in the mid to late 70's as a spark was coming out with £300 a week which was about the same as this 150k thing, think the average take home pay in the uk was around £50 a week back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Bet he cleared the mortage quick with that! is it still lucrative on the rigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Just now, sjsturner said: Bet he cleared the mortage quick with that! is it still lucrative on the rigs? its all relative as you move up the housing ladder i guess,he worked the rigs later on but not the same money i dont think the rigs pay v risk is great these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Proper grafter then, fair play. the money should be good when your working away. Was talking to a woman I know today who said her bloke is going from working in Germany to Kuwait for a year because the money is so good, she said it's great because the mortgage will be paid off soon, thing is though he sees his two kids a few weeks a year and don't do f all with them, been working away about 5 years now. I feel sorry for him if he thinks that's living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, sjsturner said: thing is though he sees his two kids a few weeks a year and don't do f all with them, been working away about 5 years now. I feel sorry for him if he thinks that's living. thats the downside,saying that ive done so much call over the years i might as well have been working away,chasing the money is fine at the time,in hindsight i wouldnt do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 The lure of money and finacial security is a hard thing to pass up, luckily for me I've grown up in a county that pays **** money anyway so the temptation isn't so great lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, sjsturner said: The lure of money and finacial security is a hard thing to pass up, luckily for me I've grown up in a county that pays **** money anyway so the temptation isn't so great lol i was taking home 600 a week early 90's doing marine great money then,great money now tbh sick of working away ended up in this game working the clock to make the same,now im older and wiser (cough) i use norms wisdom (pardon the pun) life work balance is more important than the bank balance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, goncall said: i was taking home 600 a week early 90's doing marine great money then,great money now tbh sick of working away ended up in this game working the clock to make the same,now im older and wiser (cough) i use norms wisdom (pardon the pun) life work balance is more important than the bank balance I think you/Norm are spot on there. my youngest (3) loves what I do and is in to the van/tools ladders ect, hoping he still wants to hang out and work with his dad after he leaves school, that would be really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, sjsturner said: my youngest (3) loves what I do and is in to the van/tools ladders ect, hoping he still wants to hang out and work with his dad after he leaves school, that would be really cool mine done the same,i done the same when old man brought the van home(before the days of personal company vans) i blame him i became a spark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Marr Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I used to work for a void property security company making £800 a week working away in Northern Ireland. Jacked it in after my daughter turned 2 as there was to much threats etc entering different areas and the things I saw were brutal. Its funny how your life changes when you have a family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, goncall said: mine done the same,i done the same when old man brought the van home(before the days of personal company vans) i blame him i became a spark Lol, it's cool though. 2 minutes ago, Willie Marr said: I used to work for a void property security company making £800 a week working away in Northern Ireland. Jacked it in after my daughter turned 2 as there was to much threats etc entering different areas and the things I saw were brutal. Its funny how your life changes when you have a family. More to live for, different perspective I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I have been on both sides of the fence, security engineer and electrician and the daily mail lie, electricians earn much more than that hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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